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Call the two proposed matrices $A$ and $B$. Direct multiplication gives $A^{2n}=I$, $B^2={ϵ}^{n}I=A^n$, and $B^{-1}AB=A^{-1}$. Both are invertible since $ϵ\ne 0$. They therefore satisfy every defining relation, and the universal property of a group presentation gives the desired group representation.

Because the generating sets are disjoint, the free product has the presentationThis is immediate from the universal property of a group presentation: a map out of this presented group is exactly a pair of homomorphisms from $G$ and $H$ to the target group.

A group presentation $⟨X\mid R⟩$ denotes the quotient $F(X)/⟨⟨R⟩⟩$ of the free group on the generator symbols by the normal closure of the relator words. The symbols generate the quotient, and each relator becomes the identity. The phrase also asserts that no additional relations are imposed except consequences of these relators and the group axioms. Equivalently, an assignment of the generators to a group extends to a group homomorphism from the presented group exactly when all relators evaluate to the identity; this is the universal property of a group presentation.

The identity $T=S^{-1}(ST)$ shows that $S,ST$ generate the same group. Direct multiplication givesConsequently their images $\bar{S},\overline{ST}$ in the quotient group $PSL(2,\mathbb{Z})$ satisfy ${\bar{S}}^2=1$ and ${\overline{ST}}^3=1$. The universal property of a group presentation gives a group homomorphism taking $u\mapsto \bar{S}$, $v\mapsto \overline{ST}$ from the stated presentation. It is surjective because these images generate the target. Injectivity is not needed here.

The normal closure $⟨⟨B⟩{⟩}_G$ is the smallest normal subgroup of $G$ containing $B$, equivalently the intersection of all normal subgroups containing $B$. Any such normal subgroup contains every $g{b}^{\pm 1}{g}^{-1}$ and hence every finite product of these elements. Thus $N\subseteq ⟨⟨B⟩{⟩}_G$.

Include the empty product so that $1\in N$, in particular when $B=\varnothing$. Products of elements of $N$ are obtained by concatenating their factor lists. Inversion reverses the list and replaces ${ϵ}_i$ by $-{ϵ}_i$, so $N$ is closed under inverses. For any $k\in G$,Therefore $N$ is a normal subgroup and it contains $B$. Minimality of the normal closure gives the reverse inclusion, provingThe notation $n\in \mathbb{N}$ in a finite-product description is understood to allow the empty product; otherwise the empty generating subset would require a separate identity convention.

In a group presentation, $X$ is a set of formal generators and $R$ is a subset of the free group $F(X)$, consisting of relators which are required to become the identity. The presented group isThe universal property of a group presentation says that a function $X\to H$ extends to a group homomorphism from the presented group precisely when every relator evaluates to $1$ in $H$: first extend freely to $F(X)$, then factor through the quotient because its kernel contains the normal closure of $R$.

A rotation $\alpha$ by $2\pi /n$ and a reflection $\beta$ of a regular $n$-gon satisfyThe last identity holds because reflection reverses the sense of rotation, and it implies $\alpha \beta \alpha \beta =1$. Hence all defining relators vanish, giving a homomorphism $\theta :D_{2n}\to M_n$ with $\theta (\sigma )=\alpha$ and $\theta (\tau )=\beta$.

To prove it is an isomorphism without presupposing the order of the presented group, use $\sigma \tau =\tau {\sigma }^{-1}$. Move every occurrence of $\tau$ to the left, cancel pairs by ${\tau }^2=1$, and reduce exponents modulo $n$. Every element has one of the formsThus $|D_{2n}|\le 2n$. For the usual regular polygon with $n\ge 3$, the $n$ rotations ${\alpha }^j$ are distinct and the $n$ reflections $\beta {\alpha }^j$ are distinct; no rotation is a reflection, since their planar orientation behavior differs. The supplied description says these exhaust $M_n$, so $|M_n|=2n$, and every one lies in the image of $\theta$. Surjectivity and the order bound force $|D_{2n}|=2n$ and trivial kernel. Thus $\theta$ is an isomorphism.

For the requested Cayley graph, use right multiplication by the generators. The $\sigma$ edges are the two directed 3-cyclesThe $\tau$ edges are the undirected pairsThese pairs use ${\sigma }^j\tau =\tau {\sigma }^{-j}$. Thus the underlying graph is a triangular prism, with the two rotation cycles oriented oppositely when reflection pairs are drawn as radial edges.